Show An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance Orance of Uintah ZONING ORDINANCE Ordinance No 71 3 An Ordinance by the Board Boar of or County Commissioners of or Uintah Uintah Uin tah County Utah amending modifying and changing all previous pre zoning ordinances and reg heretofore made WHEREAS the health peace safety morals morais convenience order order or or- der der prosperity and general fare of the present and future inhabitants in habitants of Uintah County Utah will be promoted by revising re the Zoning Ordinance am and Zoning Ordinance Zone Ma Map of Uintah County Utah as passed pass ed by the Board of or County Com Coma missioners on the day o of June 1962 NOW THEREFORE BE IT I. I RESOLVED That the Board of County Commissioners of Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah County Utah do hereby orda or or- da dam in as follows follows THAT THE TIlE ZONING ORDINANCE ORDIN ANCE OF UINTAH COUNTY UTAH WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE TIlE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTY UTAH ON TIlE THE DAY OF JUNE 1962 BE AND THE TIlE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED MODIFIED AND CHANG CHANGED ED TO READ AS FOLLOWS FOL LOWS Title Intent and o oThis This ordinance shall be known as and shall be entitled THE TIlE ZONING ORDINANCE OF UINTAH UIN TAH TAll COUNTY UTAH and may be so cited and pleaded It Is the intent and nd purpose of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Uintah Utah to promote the health safety morals morals mor mor- als convenience order prosperity pros and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants inhabitant of Uintah County by guiding development de dc within said county in accordance with a comprehensive sive plan which plan has been designed 1 To encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development in the area 2 To create conditions favorable favorable favor favor- able to prosperity civic ies les ies and recreational educational education education- al and cultural opportunities 3 To promote efficient and economical utilization conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion and production of land water and other resources am and facilities 4 To facilitate adequate provisions pro visions for transportation water wa wa- wa ter sewerage schools parks and ana other public requirements 5 To reduce the waste of physical phy financial and human resources resources re reo re- re sources resulting from excessive scattering of population 6 To secure safety from fires floods traffic hazards and other dangers 7 To lessen congestion in the streets prevent the overcrowding over crowd ing big of land and provide adequate light and air 8 To avoid or lessen the hazards haz has ards to persons or damage to property resulting from the accumulation accumulation accumulation ac ac- ac- ac or run off of storm and flood water 9 To stabilize stabile and improve property values and 10 To promote a more attractive attractive attractive at at- and wholesome environ environ- ment It is also the intent and md purpose of the Board of County Commissioners of said County that the reg regulations u I a t ion s sand and restrictions as set forth in inthis inthis inthis this ordinance shall be so interpreted interpreted inter inter- pi-eted pi and construed as to further further further fur fur- ther the purposes s of this or or- Declaration In establishing the zones the boundaries thereof and regulations regula and restrictions applying within each of the zones due and careful consideration was IS given among other things to the suitability of the land for particular par uses and to the character er of the zone with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate appropriate use of land throughout the area Interpretation In interpreting and applying this Ordinance the provisions thereof shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted adoptee for the promotion of the public health safety comfort convenience convenience conven conven- and general welfare Except Except Ex Ex- Ex as specifically herein provided pro vied vided it i is not intended nt by br the adoption o of at ills ordinance to 10 repeal re tC peal abrogate annul or in an anway any anyway anyway way to impair or interfere wit with any existing provisions of law lawor lawor lawor or ordinance or any rules regulations regulations reg reg- or permits previously adopted or issued or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the erection construction establishment moving alteration or enlargement enlargement enlarge enlarge- ment of any building or inv im provement pi Nor Is it intended by this Ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easement easement ease case ment covenant or other agreement agree ment mont between parties cd ed however that in cases in which this Ordinance Imposes a greater restriction than is Inv Im posed or required by other existing exist ing provisions of law or ordinance ordin ance anee then in such case the provisions pro visions of this Ordinance shall snail control Definitions Intent It is t tho e intent of the Board Doard of County Commissioners of Uintah Uin Urn tah tab Count County to define certain words and phrases as a means of facilitating understanding of terms which may not be bo universally understood under under- stood in the sense that the Hoard Board of oC County Commissioners intends that they should be understood un Agriculture Agriculture shall mean the growing of soil soU crops in the customary cus cus' customary tomary manner in the open It shall not include livestock raising rals rais ing lug activities nor shall it include in clude dude retailing of products on the premises Apartment House Multiple Dwelling Any building or portion thereof there of ot which is designed built rented rented rent ed or leased let or hired ou out outto outto to be occupied or which is occupied oc as the home or residence of three 3 or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking cook cooking ing within the premises Boarding House Lodging House HouseA A building containing not more mor than one kitchen where for com corn meals are arc provided pursuant to previous arrangements arrange ments on a daily dally weekly o or monthly basis as distinguished from a motel cafe or rooming house Building Any structure built for the support sup port shelter sheller or enclosure of person person per per- son animals chattels or property pro perty of any kind A. A Building accessory A subordinate building th the use Ute of which is incidental to that tha of the main building B B. B Building Main One or more of the principal buildings upon a lot C C. C Building line A line designating the minimum mini mum distance which buildings building must set back from a street o olot or lot line Carport A structure not completely enclosed en on closed by walls for the shelter sheller of automobiles Clinic A building used for the diagnosis diagnosis and treatment of ill infirm in firm and injured persons but bu which building does docs not provide provid board room or regular hospital care and services Club ClubA A building used occupied am and operated by an organized association association assoc assoc- of persons for social fraternal fra fra- religious or patriotic pur pases whose activities are confined confined con can fined to the members and their thel guests but shall not include any organization group or association association tion the principal activity o of to render a service usually Its us- and ordinarily carried on onas onas onas as a business Common Area An area designed to serve two or more dwelling units or separate separ ate uses with convenient access access ac ac- ac cess to the area Comprehensive Plan PlanA A coordinated plan which has been prepared and adopted for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of guiding development development development develop develop- ment including but not limited to a plan or plans of land use circulation housing and public facilities and grounds Conditional Use Generally a use which requires requires requires re re- re- re quires approval of the Planning Commission Board of Adjustment Adjustment Adjust Adjust- ment or Board of County Commissioners Com Corn missioners before the Zoning Administrator may way luea lue a permit therefore Uses which require individual consideration of surrounding conditions am and circumstances to carry out the intent and purpose of the land lam use plan A use for which a conditional conditional con can use permit is required by this ordinance Convalescent Home See u Rest Home U OUrt our Open space bounded on three sides by building walls wails Court Apartment Apartment- Dwelling Group One or more buildings other than a tourist court arranged around two or three sides of a acourt acourt acourt court which opens on to a street may include single family two family or multiple family dwellings dwellings lings and court apartments Curb Cut CutA CutA CutA A cut in the curb line for the passage of vehicles Density Density of population measured ed by the number of units per acre of land Drive in retail Any form of merchandising serving or dispensing of goods goodsin in which the customer is ser serviced serviced serviced while in his automobile Dwelling A A. Dwelling Unit One or more rooms in a buildIng building build build- ing designed for living purposes having one kitchen or set of ol cooking facilities and an independent dent water closet claset and bathing facilities B B. B Dwelling One A it building containing one 1 dwelling unit which is designed design design- ed for or occupied by one 1 C. C Dwelling Two A building containing two 2 2 separate dwelling units each ol of which is designed for or occupied by one 1 family D D. D Dwelling Multiple Family A building containing three 3 or 01 more separate dwelling units each of which is designed for or occupied by one 1 family B E. E Dwelling Caretakers Caretaker's A dwelling which is occupied by jy a person whose function is iso isto isto to o watch or take care of a busness bus bus- mess iness ness or industry which is local beat cd on the tho same premises as ho tue dwelling P o Dwelling Bachelors A dwelling unit which is oc oc- occupied by four 4 or more non related adults G G. G Dwelling Group See Court Apartment Family An individual or two or more persons related by blood mar lage or adoption living together toge toge- ther her in a single dwelling unit I and ind maintaining a common household A family may Include two wo but not more than two non non- related elated persons living as guests with vilh the residing family The term erm family shall not be con con- trued to mean a group of un undated related dated individuals a fraternity club lub or institutional group Fence ence Sight Obscuring A fence having a height of at least east six feet above grade which permits vision through not more than ian ten per cent of each eath square toot out more than eight inches above ground Floor loor Area The floor area of a building buildings is s the sum of the areas of the several everal floors of the building including basements men ani ines thes and penthouses of ol head bead room height measured from th the exterior walls or from front the center cen een ter teL line of walls separating build ings The floor area does no not include unoccupied features such as pipe trenches exterior terraces ter races or steps chimneys roo roof overhands over etc Fractional Numbers Number or Measurements In determining the require meats ments of this Ordinance whenever whenever when when- ever a fraction of a number o oa ol of ola ofa a unit is one hall or more ant and whenever a fraction of a anum number num ber or a unit resulting from a computation is one half or more said fraction shall be considered consider consider- ed cd as a whole number or a unit unil unit where the fraction is less than h said fraction shall not be in eluded in determining require requIre- ments Garage Private A building or part thereof de dc signed for the parking or tern tem storage of automobiles automobile of the occupants of the pre Grade A. A For buildings fronting one street only the elevation o othe of the sidewalk or center line o ostreet of street whichever is higher out from the mid point o 0 othe ol the fronting wall B. B For buildings fronting more than one street the average of the elevations of the sidewalk or center line of street out from the mid point of the fronting walls C. C For buildings having no wall fronting the street the average level of the sidewalk o or center line of surrounding streets street whichever Is higher Grazing The act ac of eating her Wage growing from the ground Guest staying or receiving services at a a hotel motel boarding board ing lag house rooming house or orrest orrest orrest rest home or similar use for compensation on Height of Building The vertical The vertical distance from the grade to top of the te building walls wall Where the building walls wals var vary in height along long a side the height of the building shalbe shall shad be determined by multiplying the length of each section of said sale wall wal by its height and dividing the sum derived by bythe bythe bythe the total length of said wall wal Home Occupation Any occupation conducted within a dwelling or on the same premises and ear carried r i e d don on by persons persons residing in i the dwelling Hospital A building in which one or more ill i or injured human beings beings be be- ings are offered board bard and room and treatment of a type recognized recognized as healing arts by state law Hotel Any building used rented or hired out to be occupied on a adaily adaily adaly daily daly or weekly basis for sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- Ing purposes by guests Junk Yard A place where scrap waste dis discarded or salvaged materials are brought sold exchanged baled packed disassembled or handled or stored including auto wrecking yards house wrecking yards used lumber lumbe yards am and places or yards for storage ol of salvaged house wrecking anc and structural steel materials ant and equipment but not including such places where such uses are conducted entirely within a completely com corn enclosed building or where salvaged materials are kept incidental to manufacturing operations conducted on the pre pre- pre pre-I Kennel Land or buildings used in the keeping of four or more dogs over four months old Landscaping Landscaping shall mean some combination of planted trees shrubs vines ground cover lowers flowers fowers or lawns In addition the he combination or design may Include rocks and such structural al at features as fountains pools art works screens wals walls vaIls fenes fen fen- ces es or benches but such obJects ob ob- alone shall not meet tho the requirements of this Ordinance The selected combination of objects ob for landscaping purposes shall be arranged in a harmon narmon- bus lous ous manner as determined by bythe bythe bythe the Zoning Administrator Land Use Plan PlanA A plan adopted and maintained maintain ed etl by the tho Board Doard of County Commissioners Com Corn missioners of Uintah County Utah which shows how the theland theland theland land should be used an element ele dc- ment of the Master Plan Livestock Corral A place or pen where livestock are kept on a seasonal basis as part of an agricultural enter prise rise or operation as distinguished distinguish ed cd from a livestock feed yard Livestock Feed Yard YardA A feeding operation on a par eel cel of land where livestock are arc kept or exchanged in corrals or yards on a year round basis and where the feed is brought to the Uie tle yard ard yard as contrasted to feed ob- ob ob tamed through grazing the animals ani mals on the premises Livestock Auction A place pen corral building I or ir combination thereof where livestock are sold o or 01 exchanged Living Open Space Living open space is that par por porIon Ion Hon of the yards on a zoning lot ot which are not used by automotive automotive auto |